Newcomerstown High School

Newcomerstown High School operates as a close-knit senior high in Newcomerstown, Ohio, run under Newcomerstown Exempted Village. Current enrollment sits at 240 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Newcomerstown Exempted Village runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 869 students. Newcomerstown High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Newcomerstown High School reports that nearly all students (90%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Tuscarawas County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tuscarawas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tuscarawas County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students), Newcomerstown High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: West Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 10%: 267 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.